IT amazed me to learn that “Behind the Music” on VH1 is just five years old. When I heard the series was celebrating an anniversary this week, I thought it had to be at least the show’s 10th ...

to the extent that “there were no less than four versions of ‘Unchained Melody’ in the UK charts in June 1955,” as the music writer Terry Staunton told the BBC: “Al Hibbler, The Les ...

Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” movie continues to sway audiences over. Austin Butler’s performance of the King is so captivating that many are unable to tell when Luhrmann cuts to the real King ...

Ghost, however, doesn’t have much memorable original music, but it does have Unchained Melody, the old Righteous Brothers’ classic that fittingly has found new life in this movie about afterlife.

One of the most famous moments of the “Heartbreak Hotel” singer’s late career is a live performance of “Unchained Melody.” During the performance, Elvis is sweating and clearly struggling.

Though “Unchained Melody” was written as the theme song for the 1955 prison film, Unchained, it’s since become one of the most well-known songs in popular music. Composed by Alex North with ...